Hundreds of employees at The Washington Post went on strike Thursday, citing &#8220;record-level inflation,&#8221; even as the paper itself ran articles insisting that the economy is doing well under the Biden administration.
About 750 Post staffers <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/washington-post-strike-layoffs-buyouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">walked</a> off the job for a 24-hour strike, and they are asking readers not read or engage with any Post content, Axios reported.
&#8220;We still lack a contract that keeps pace with record-level inflation and guarantees workers a living wage,&#8221; the union, the Washington Post Guild, <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/workers-at-the-washington-post-deserve-a-living-wage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in its announcement of the strike.
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Workers <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a> have been in contract negotiations with our bosses for 18 months. 
But the company is refusing to pay us what we’re worth or bargain in good faith.
So on Dec. 7, we’re walking off the job for 24 hours. <a href="https://t.co/GCraL1I0nm">pic.twitter.com/GCraL1I0nm</a>
&mdash; Washington Post Guild (@PostGuild) <a href="https://twitter.com/PostGuild/status/1732063014373806296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, the Post called it &#8220;a miracle year for the U.S. economy&#8221; in an editorial <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/02/us-economy-2024-recovery-normal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> on Saturday, citing falling inflation.
&#8220;In many ways, this is the year the economy finally returned to something close to normal. But many people seem to have forgotten what normal looks like after a traumatic few years,&#8221; the editorial read.
A Thanksgiving week editorial called for &#8220;gratitude&#8221; and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/22/thanksgiving-democracy-gratitude/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the &#8220;typical U.S. family’s cup runneth over&#8221; compared to families in places like Ukraine, Gaza, and Afghanistan.
&#8220;Voters seem to be giving President Biden little or no credit for the modicum of economic and geopolitical stability over which he has presided,&#8221; the editorial said, although it admitted that the cost of housing, fuel, and food &#8220;remain elevated compared with their pre-pandemic levels.&#8221;
The Post worker strike comes after 18 months of contract negotiations.
The Post is facing a $100 million loss this year. In response, the paper is trying to get rid of 240 jobs, but only about 120 employees have accepted voluntary buyouts, according to Axios.
Last week, The Post warned that it may have to start laying people off if more employees do not accept voluntary buyouts.
Meanwhile, soaring inflation is making life difficult for Americans.
The inflation rate has slowed slightly since 2021, when it spiked to the highest levels in four decades, but many American families say they are struggling more financially now than they did before the pandemic, CBS News polling from September <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-need-over-11k-more-to-keep-2021-standard-of-living-report#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a>.
According to one <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-need-over-11k-more-to-keep-2021-standard-of-living-report#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a>, Americans need over $11,000 more this year to keep the same standard of living they enjoyed at the beginning of 2021.
Less than half of Americans, 47%, say they cannot live comfortably and have little money left over after meeting their expenses, down from 56% who said so in 2019, according to the polling. Meanwhile, more than half, 53% of Americans, say they either have just enough or cannot meet their expenses, up from 44% in 2019.
Wages have grown, but they have not kept up with inflation, as the Post staffers appeared to acknowledge in their strike announcement.
The average hourly wage has increased 13.6% since January 2021, but inflation has outpaced that growth with a 17% spike, government data <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-households-need-extra-11400-these-states-its-even-higher/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=251671293" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a>.

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A writer for the sports blog Deadspin was skewered online after doubling down on his accusation that a child wore &#8220;blackface&#8221; to a Kansas City Chiefs game.
The small boy wore an American Indian headdress and painted half his face red and the other half black at Sunday&#8217;s game against the Las Vegas Raiders in Nevada.
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Of course. Also, though it is sometimes offensive, there&#39;s nothing inherently wrong with &quot;blackface.&quot; (Just ask Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Billy Crystal, Robert Downey Jr., Sarah Silverman, Dan Aykroyd, John Slattery, et al.!) <a href="https://t.co/ALZr3xiMGm">https://t.co/ALZr3xiMGm</a>
&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1729321050821832880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Bruh. This kid is like 12. I know you idiots are obsessed with calling everyone racist but perhaps he was just honoring his favorite team?? <a href="https://t.co/ol8GRCkHa6">https://t.co/ol8GRCkHa6</a> <a href="https://t.co/jETWc4Pcm6">pic.twitter.com/jETWc4Pcm6</a>
&mdash; Olivia Rondeau 🇺🇸 (@rondeaulivia) <a href="https://twitter.com/rondeaulivia/status/1729303646708359380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Deadspin senior writer Carron Phillips spotted the child and penned an article on Monday calling on the NFL to &#8220;speak out against&#8221; the young fan.
&#8220;It takes a lot to disrespect two groups of people at once. But on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, a Kansas City Chiefs fan found a way to hate Black people and the Native Americans at the same time,&#8221; Phillips <a href="https://deadspin.com/roger-goodell-kansas-city-chiefs-fan-black-face-native-1851048905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
Phillips also threw a barb at the NFL, saying the league has &#8220;relentlessly participated in prejudice&#8221; and should have already changed the Chiefs&#8217; name.
&#8220;This is what happens when you ban books, stand against Critical Race Theory, and try to erase centuries of hate,&#8221; Phillips wrote.
Later in the day on Monday, Phillips doubled down on his accusation.
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&#8220;For the idiots in my mentions who are treating this as some harmless act because the other side of his face was painted red, I could make the argument that it makes it even worse. Y’all are the ones who hate Mexicans but wear sombreros on Cinco,&#8221; Phillips wrote in an X post.
Phillips was immediately pummeled in the replies to his post, which garnered thousands of responses. The Community Notes feature on X also added a note saying the writer &#8220;failed to provide full context&#8221; that the boy&#8217;s face paint is a reference to the football team.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1729321050821832880" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> that &#8220;though it is sometimes offensive, there&#8217;s nothing inherently wrong with &#8216;blackface,'&#8221; citing the many Hollywood performers who have performed in blackface over the years, including Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Robert Downey Jr., and Billy Crystal.&#8221;
&#8220;Deadspin writer here is trying to ruin the life of a child while insisting he’s actually the good guy in this situation,&#8221; one X user <a href="https://twitter.com/jameslynch32/status/1729283036007596279" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;This race-hustling loser is tripling-down on attacking a young kid as &#8216;Racist!&#8217; for wearing Kansas City Chiefs face-paint,&#8221; another X user <a href="https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1729385180517769351" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve spent decades paying some of the dumbest and most sensitive people alive to produce absolute drivel like this,&#8221; posted Wilfred Reilly, a political science professor at Kentucky State University.
The Daily Signal reporter Tony Kinnett wrote, &#8220;as a federally-registered member of the Cherokee Nation, I give any and all of you full permission to wear headdresses and tribal clothing. Paint your face red. Do a rain dance (then repent and seek Jesus). Also bring back the Cleveland Indians.&#8221;

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> news anchor Christina Pascucci announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday morning in a bid against career politicians to fill the seat left by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
&#8220;This election will be a choice between how it&#8217;s been done, and how it can be,&#8221; Pascucci said in a video statement on X.
&#8220;Voters are disappointed by the polarization and partisan fighting they see in California, and across the nation. We need aspirational leaders now who will bring America back to its ideals. Washington is in dire need of a heavy dose of truth. I am the person to bring it,&#8221; she said, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/la-news-reporter-christina-pascucci-announces-run-for-us-senate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS</a>.
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I have some breaking news: I am running for U.S. Senate. 
It’s time to stop the fighting in Washington, and focus on reaching across the aisle to put people over politics. 
I believe in the promise of California. I hope you do too. Join my fight: <a href="https://t.co/XycFXEHJYn">https://t.co/XycFXEHJYn</a> <a href="https://t.co/zhwX1n8TC4">pic.twitter.com/zhwX1n8TC4</a>
&mdash; Christina Pascucci (@Pascucci2024) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pascucci2024/status/1714705605410385929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Pascucci, 38, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/18/christina-pascucci-senate-california-00122166" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> POLITICO she is running as an independent Democrat to appeal to California&#8217;s 40% Latino population and undecided voters while positioning herself as a moderate consensus builder.
She spent over a decade reporting for KTLA-TV and Fox 11 before joining California&#8217;s 2024 Senate contest. The former anchor described herself as a &#8220;lifelong Californian, a tireless community activist,&#8221; and a &#8220;renowned journalist&#8221; after reporting in more than 100 countries worldwide, including war zones in Ukraine and other &#8220;conflict areas around the globe.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been covering the most pressing issues of California for the past 15 years and watching this race closely, as well as covering it and interviewing some of the candidates,&#8221; Pascucci said in the interview on Tuesday with the outlet. &#8220;And the more I watched it, the more closely I studied it, I honestly felt dismayed by how it was shaping up. I spoke to a lot of others who felt the same way. Like, this is our future — more of the same.&#8221;
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Pascucci joins top Democrats in the race, including Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Katie Porter, Rep. Barbara Lee, and former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey, who is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-baseball-mvp-running-for-senate-in-california-as-republican" target="_blank" rel="noopener">running as a Republican</a>.
California Governor Gavin Newsom selected Laphonza Butler to become the newest U.S. Senator after Feinstein&#8217;s death in late September to serve in her place for the remainder of the current term, which ends in 2025.
Butler hasn&#8217;t announced if she plans to seek the position in the next election.
Pascucci reportedly admitted her bid for Congress is a long shot.
&#8220;The only thing crazier than not jumping in this late would be not jumping in at all, because I have to fight for what I believe is possible for California and for this country,&#8221; she said.
The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-10-18/los-angeles-newscaster-christina-pascucci-senate-schiff-porter-lee-garvey-feinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> she would need to raise several million dollars to finance campaign ads throughout California&#8217;s expensive media market. She reportedly faces a financial challenge in her campaign compared to others already plugged into the race.
According to the Times report, the Federal Election Commission showed Schiff&#8217;s September bank records had about $32 million, Porter had $12 million, and Lee had $1.3 million.
The primary election for the seat is scheduled for March 5 in California, NBC <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/decision-2024/los-angeles-tv-newscaster-christina-pascucci-joins-2024-race-for-u-s-senate/3246558/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The top two candidates who receive the most votes advance to the general election.

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Warner Bros. Discovery said it will attempt to get <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-praises-bidens-maui-speech-where-he-compared-historic-fire-to-small-kitchen-fire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> back into the streaming game a little more than a year after its streaming service CNN+ bombed after a month in operation. 
The media conglomerate is calling its second try at a news streaming platform “CNN Max,” which is slated to launch on September 27. CNN Max will feature some of the network’s existing shows, including “Amanpour,” “Anderson Cooper 360,” “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” and “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/media/warner-bros-discovery-adds-cnn-live-news-service-to-max-streaming-platform-9b87e4f2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. CNN Max will also launch new shows “CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, Rahel Solomon, Amara Walker and Fredricka Whitfield” and “CNN Newsroom with Jim Sciutto.” 
Warner Bros. Discovery said the new streaming service would be different from the subscriber-based CNN+ in that it will be included in the MAX (formerly known as HBO MAX) streaming package at no additional cost to MAX subscribers.
“We have the broadest and highest quality entertainment offering, and now will include world-leading news as a meaningful addition for all Max subscribers, at no extra charge,” said JB Perrette, WarnerBros. Discovery CEO and president of Global Streaming and Games, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4168779-cnns-parent-company-to-launch-new-streaming-news-service/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Hill.
In April 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shut down</a> CNN+ after less than a month in operation after the streaming service failed to attract subscribers. Fewer than 10,000 people were streaming CNN+ daily, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/12/cnn-plus-low-viewership-numbers-warner-bros-discovery.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CNBC, even after it signed former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace and gave him a show on the platform.
Then-incoming CEO Chris Licht said the “decision [to shut down CNN+] is in line with WBD’s broader direct-to-consumer strategy. In a complex streaming market, consumers want simplicity and an all-in service, which provides a better experience and more value than stand-alone offerings.”
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Licht <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ceo-chris-licht-out-at-cnn-after-tumultuous-year-controversial-trump-town-hall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped down</a> from his position as CEO in June as the media company continued to struggle with attracting a large audience. The former CNN executive faced criticism from his employees after canceling CNN+. The past year for the legacy media outlet has been a rollercoaster. Familiar faces on the network, such as longtime journalist Brian Stelter and host Don Lemon, were axed under Licht’s reign, and the tumultuous leadership of Licht came to a boiling point when the network hosted a town hall with former President Donald Trump in May.

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A Nebraska mother has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-charges-nebraska-704b4068ed53791710edad4124f7e750">pleaded</a> guilty to illegally giving her 17-year-old daughter abortion pills and helping her burn and bury the baby’s body.
Jessica Burgess, 42, of Norfolk, Nebraska, pled guilty to three felonies in a plea agreement with Madison County District Attorney Joe Smith. She admitted to providing an abortion after 20 weeks gestation, lying to police, and tampering with human remains.
As part of the plea deal, Smith dropped charges against Jessica for concealing the death of another person and providing an abortion by someone other than a physician. With the three remaining felonies, she could face up to five years in prison and $21,000 in fines. 
Burgess helped her daughter, Celeste Burgess, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nebraska-woman-pleads-guilty-burning-fetus-abortion-rcna85922">order</a> abortion pills on the internet in April 2022 when she was 29 weeks pregnant, in violation of Nebraska’s 20 week abortion ban. After taking the pills, the daughter gave birth to the aborted baby in the shower and put the body in a bag and a box, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-nebraska-government-and-politics-b94abeeed9a8c486cf479d6ae78c62aa">Associated Press</a>.
The pair then drove to a field outside of town, burned the baby’s dead body, and buried it. A detective wrote that the child’s body showed signs of “thermal wounds” and that a man who helped the duo confirmed the mother and daughter burned the baby’s dead body.
The mother-daughter duo was charged in August 2022, and they both initially pleaded not guilty. Celeste, now 18, reached a plea agreement in May and is scheduled for sentencing July 20, facing up to two years in prison. Jessica is scheduled for sentencing on September 22. 
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/she-allegedly-aborted-burned-and-buried-her-baby-heres-how-media-covered-it">reported</a>, mainstream media outlets obscured the facts of the case and instead focused on Facebook assisting law enforcement in enforcing an abortion law by handing over the duo’s messages. 
“Are we starting it today?” Celeste Burgess <a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/COURTDOC-comp.jpg">asked</a> her mother, to which her mom replied, “We can if u want,” adding, “the one will stop the hormones.”
The two discuss the process of taking the abortion pills before Celeste Burgess reminds her mother, “Remember we burn the evidence.”
“Yep,” her mother responds.
“Once everything is out,” the daughter continued.
“Yep,” the mom answers. “Thought u would b happy 2 hear the stuff came in.”
“Yes,” responds the daughter. “I will finally be able to wear jeans.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/el-salvador">El Salvador</a>&#8216;s crackdown on violent gangs, which has reduced the country&#8217;s murder rate by over half is problematic actually, according to The Guardian.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/02/the-guardian-view-on-el-salvadors-crackdown-a-short-term-high-cost-fix">The Guardian</a> published an editorial on Sunday criticizing El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for his unsparing crackdown on violent organized crime, saying his methods do not address the root cause of the crime, among other issues, Townhall <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2023/07/06/the-guardian-takes-issue-with-el-salvador-reducing-murders-by-90-percent-n2625373" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
The Guardian acknowledged that the crackdown has made the country safer, made Bukele more popular, and even made other Latin countries want to copy El Salvador and rid their streets of crime the same way.
&#8220;Even long-term critics acknowledge that extortion appears to have fallen sharply and that many in communities which lived in terror are enjoying the freedom to live their lives unmenaced. Yet others, many of them innocent of any crime, have paid a high price for a campaign that has trampled over basic rights: at least 153 people have died,&#8221; the editorial said.
The Guardian questioned Bukele&#8217;s power as well as the crackdown.
&#8220;Some may consider that a price worth paying. But even focusing purely on results, the story is more complicated than it appears,&#8221; The Guardian said, saying the murder rate has been falling since 2015.
El Salvador&#8217;s murder rate <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-01-03/el-salvador-murders-plummet-by-over-half-in-2022-amid-gang-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plummeted</a> 56.8% in 2022, with authorities counting 496 homicides last year, down from 1,147 in 2021.
The editorial also said the crackdown does not address the underlying causes of organized crime.
&#8220;[Critics] also say the fall in crime is unsustainable – with good reason,&#8221; the editorial continued. &#8220;Previous hardline drives in the region have ended badly, followed by surges in offending. They do nothing to tackle underlying causes such as poverty and discrimination. They breed resentment and enable the recruitment and hardening of those not entrenched in gangs. Many of the criminal organisations that now terrorise parts of Latin America were born in prisons.&#8221;
The Guardian said one critic said the &#8220;real success story is not of the defeat of gangs, but the perpetuation of Mr Bukele’s power.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a man who dubbed himself &#8216;the coolest dictator in the world&#8217; in response to criticism,&#8221; The Guardian said.
&#8220;It is assumed that the popularity of his crackdown will sweep him back into power next year, even though multiple experts say that would violate the country’s constitution. What worries opponents, scholars, lawyers and civil society most is what he may do after that, with renewed authority,&#8221; the editorial said.
&#8220;&#8216;Bukelismo&#8217; should not be admired, or emulated,&#8221; The Guardian concluded.
Last month, Bukele encouraged journalists to speak to El Salvadorans on the street about the crackdown.
&#8220;Given that we have over 300 international media outlets in the country today, I want to ask you to go speak with people on the street, ask anyone you meet at random,&#8221; Bukele said in a video message to journalists posted to Twitter.
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&#8220;Here, in El Salvador, you are free to go anywhere you want. It&#8217;s totally safe,&#8221; Bukele said. &#8220;Nothing will happen to you. Nobody will stop you.&#8221;
El Salvador’s crackdown on violent criminals began last year when the government declared a state of emergency as the country battled a spike in murders.
The crackdown <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/el-salvadors-crime-crackdown-could-push-gangs-north-toward-u-s-expert-warns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has seen</a> thousands of suspected gang members locked up in the country’s new maximum security prison in central El Salvador, which can hold up to 40,000 inmates. Striking video footage showed lines of shirtless, heavily-tattooed prisoners with shaved heads running bent over and handcuffed as they were moved to the new prison facility.
“They are never going to return to the communities, the neighborhoods, the barrios, the cities of our beloved El Salvador,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-gang-crackdown-prison-state-of-emergency-d95e1fcd5b806c38077ffb060c8c2f48" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> El Salvador’s justice minister Gustavo Villatoro at the time.

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The legacy media has insisted for years now that questions about Ray Epps are just conspiracy theories.
Last month, 60 Minutes did a fawning <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEEGxQKg20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Epps. The New York Times did a glowing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/us/politics/jan-6-conspiracy-theory-ray-epps.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profile</a> of him in July. Despite the media&#8217;s best efforts to present him as simply a victim of circumstance though, questions around the infamous January 6 provocateur remain unanswered.
Epps was a central figure in the Capitol riot from the beginning.
The 62-year-old Marine veteran from Arizona is seen in multiple video clips from January 6 and the day before trying to whip up other <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump</a> supporters to “go into the Capitol” the next day.
“In fact, tomorrow, I don’t even like to say it cause I’ll be arrested,” Epps <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1451272067173736455" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tells</a> a man filming him with a phone camera.
“Well, let’s not say it,” the man responds.
“I’ll say it. We need to go into the Capitol,” Epps says.
“I’m going to put it out there. I’m probably going to go to jail for this. Tomorrow, we need to go into the Capitol, into the Capitol!” Epps tells fellow protesters in another clip.
“What? No! No!” members of the crowd respond in unison.
“Peacefully!” Epps adds.
The crowd of Trump supporters then starts chanting, “Fed! Fed! Fed!” at Epps.
At least four times on video, Epps repeats his call to action.
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This is the only Jan 6 participant Adam Kinzinger will defend! 
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&mdash; Darren J. Beattie 🌐 (@DarrenJBeattie) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrenJBeattie/status/1534967914423537676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Epps also texted his nephew that he &#8220;orchestrated&#8221; the riot.
&#8220;I was in the front with a few others, I also orchestrated it,&#8221; the text from Epps <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEEGxQKg20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reads</a>.
Epps was initially on the FBI&#8217;s wanted list for January 6, but he was suddenly dropped. Thousands of others who behaved much less provocatively remained on the list, including at least <a href="https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/crime/boise-woman-sentenced-for-role-in-us-capitol-riot-pamela-hemphill-january-6-2021/277-3aa12194-5a54-4abe-88a2-d644cf5043aa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two</a> <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/23/anna-morgan-lloyd-indiana-grandmother-sentenced-ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grandmas</a> who were sentenced.
The main question that has stuck to Epps is whether he was working undercover for the federal government, the FBI in particular.
In January, 2022, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) asked the FBI deputy director point blank if the FBI had worked with Epps during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
She refused to answer.
“Was Ray Epps a fed?” Cruz <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ted-cruz-grills-fbi-on-ray-epps-asks-if-fbi-had-informants-on-jan-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> Jill Sanborn, executive assistant director of the FBI’s National Security Branch.
“Sir, I can’t answer that question,” Sanborn replied.
Epps was interviewed by the January 6 select committee in November and again in January.
On January 11, the same day as Cruz’s questioning, the committee released a <a href="https://twitter.com/January6thCmte/status/1481007562187280387" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> saying it is aware of “unsupported claims” that Epps was an FBI informant. The statement said Epps told them “he was not employed by, working with, or acting at the direction of any law enforcement agency.”
Recently in a wild new ripple to the situation, a woman who claims to be Epps&#8217; adopted daughter <a href="https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1650694044572438537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">publicly</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Tiffanyjones316/status/1452467641969299460" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> him of sexually abusing her when she was a child. She <a href="https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1650956295208304641" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1650684392874864640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">family pictures</a> and what she said are her adoption papers on social media.
60 Minutes said Epps &#8220;doesn&#8217;t understand how he got cast as the villain&#8221; and that his version of the story is &#8220;more mundane.&#8221; Even 60 Minutes, though, admitted Epps &#8220;almost immediately stepped into trouble&#8221; once he arrived in the nation&#8217;s capital.
&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to see our Capitol under attack,&#8221; Epps lamented to the interviewer as they watched the footage together.
Epps also lashed out at former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who brought national attention to the questions surrounding Epps, saying Carlson is &#8220;obsessed with me&#8221; and trying to &#8220;destroy my life.&#8221;
It doesn&#8217;t help the questions surrounding Epps that Carlson was fired from Fox News just before he planned to deliver a monologue on air that <a href="https://twitter.com/Chadwick_Moore/status/1660643619378741254" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delved into</a> those questions.
The FBI told 60 Minutes that &#8220;Ray Epps has never been an FBI source or an FBI employee.&#8221;
For now, even that assurance will likely do little to put skeptics at ease.

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) slammed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for signing a heartbeat bill into law that protects the lives of unborn babies the moment a heartbeat in detected.
“We are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ron-desantis-signs-heartbeat-protection-act-into-law-cementing-historic-pro-family-agenda">said</a> in signing the bill into law earlier this month. “I applaud the Legislature for passing the Heartbeat Protection Act that expands pro-life protections and provides additional resources for young mothers and families.”
Mace took issue with the signing, which she decried happened &#8220;in dead of night,&#8221; even though it was widely publicized by the governor&#8217;s office.
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Signed the Heartbeat Protection Act, which expands pro-life protections and devotes resources to help young mothers and families. <a href="https://t.co/quZpSj1ZPk">pic.twitter.com/quZpSj1ZPk</a>
&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1646711005408272384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Signing a six-week ban that puts women who are victims of rape and girls who are victims of incest — incest in a hard spot isn&#8217;t the way to change hearts and minds. It&#8217;s not compassionate,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;The requirements he has for rape victims are too much, not something that I support. It&#8217;s a nonstarter.&#8221;
&#8220;I am a victim of rape. I was raped by a classmate at the age of 16. I am very wary. And the devil is always in the details,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But we&#8217;ve got to show more care and concern and compassion for women who&#8217;ve been raped. I don&#8217;t like that this bill was signed in the dead of night.&#8221;
&#8220;And it puts him in a very difficult position for a general election in my opinion, which is why I have been so vocal on this issue,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I would like us to win. I would not only like us to win the Electoral College. I want us to win the popular vote. And if we can show the middle ground, which shouldn&#8217;t be controversial — birth control shouldn&#8217;t be controversial.&#8221;
Some conservatives have expressed hesitation about DeSantis signing such an aggressive piece of pro-life legislation into law, wondering whether it could hurt his future political aspirations.
However, some notable conservative pundits online were quick to point out that other Republican governors who have signed similar pieces of legislation into law were not harmed politically afterward.
“Kemp signed a heartbeat bill in May, 6 months before defeating Stacey Abrams, who made abortion center to her campaign post Dobbs,” former CNN reporter Gabby Orr tweeted. “Similar case made here that a heartbeat bill might not actually harm DeSantis in 2024 to the extent critics believe it will.”
AG Conservative, a popular Twitter account, responded to Orr’s tweet: “Same was true of DeWine in Ohio, who won by 25.”
“Abortion politics are complicated and often vary by area, but the places where the GOP really got punished on this issue are where candidates opposed exceptions or supported outright bans, not 1st trimester lines w exceptions,” he added.
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Same was true of DeWine in Ohio, who won by 25. 
Abortion politics are complicated and often vary by area, but the places where the GOP really got punished on this issue are where candidates opposed exceptions or supported outright bans, not 1st trimester lines w exceptions. <a href="https://t.co/AVSBH9vJua">https://t.co/AVSBH9vJua</a>
&mdash; AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1646605922704281600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/veteran-journalist-warns-about-most-dangerous-reporters-ahead-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Correspondents&#8217; Association</a> held its annual dinner Saturday night, an event meant to celebrate the First Amendment and raise money for journalism scholarships. Unfortunately for the press corps, its members didn&#8217;t realize President Joe Biden was laughing at the media — not with it — throughout the evening.
&#8220;In a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my first two years in office. I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away,&#8221; Biden said during his speech.
The president typically makes a number of wisecracks meant in good fun, but that one was a clear mockery of the so-called reporters who cover the president.
How did the 2,600 or so in attendance react? They all chuckled along, clapping like seals, unaware that they were the butt of the joke.
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BIDEN: “In a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my first two years in office. I’ll talk for ten minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away.” <a href="https://t.co/LBjHMpgsmQ">pic.twitter.com/LBjHMpgsmQ</a>
&mdash; ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) <a href="https://twitter.com/alx/status/1652500887548444674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Don&#8217;t take my word for it. Listen to senior CNN commentator and former Bush staffer Scott Jennings explain to his colleagues why they should be embarrassed.
&#8220;On Biden, the line that will stick with me is, ‘in a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my first two years in office, I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take zero questions, and cheerfully walk away,’&#8221; Jennings said on CNN Sunday morning.  &#8220;For the journalists in the room, he wasn&#8217;t laughing with you, he was laughing at you.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> on Biden taunting reporters tonight by joking that he never takes their questio ns: &quot;He wasn&#39;t laughing with you, he was laughing at you. I mean, the reality is, I think he&#39;s mocking the press. The guy does not take questions, &amp; he&#39;s up there joking about it. <a href="https://t.co/Bq71ynzzU6">pic.twitter.com/Bq71ynzzU6</a>
&mdash; Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinTober94/status/1652512585969704962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The guy does not take questions, he’s up there joking about it,&#8221; Jennings <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-panelist-calls-out-biden-joke-never-taking-questions-press-laughing?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m pro-reporter, and I think the President of the United States ought to have to talk to these reporters and not mock them.&#8221;
Indeed, think of all the alleged scandals that the White House press pool either ignores or covers late into the game: Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop, Russiagate, the real status of the war in Ukraine, Biden&#8217;s classified documents, the Biden family making money off the family name and political access,  the weaponization of the Department of Justice and so many more.
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There was barely a mention of any of that on Saturday night, except for the emcee who actually made fun of the lapdog media for its double standard over former President Donald Trump&#8217;s handling of classified documents versus Biden&#8217;s.
&#8220;As soon as the Trump document story broke, everybody was down at Mar-a-Lago reporting live&#8230;And then we found out Joe Biden had documents, too, and it was like ‘it’s not a big deal,&#8221; Roy Wood, Jr. said, again making fun of the inadequate state of journalism.
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WOW! Roy Wood Jr mocks the liberal media! “As soon as the Trump document story broke, everybody was down at Mar-a-Lago reporting live&#8230;And then we found out Joe Biden had documents, too, and it was like ‘it’s not a big deal.’” <a href="https://t.co/7nYDVve2If">pic.twitter.com/7nYDVve2If</a>
&mdash; Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinTober94/status/1652508845497778176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The crowd chortled again. Why? Because it&#8217;s true. They know that journalists, by and large, have a double standard.
That&#8217;s what makes Biden&#8217;s disrespect for the press so incredulous. He has to face friendly journalists, and he still avoids them. Imagine if America had an actual media complex that held the president accountable.
We don&#8217;t. Biden knows that, and he laughs right in their faces about it.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nate-silver" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nate Silver</a> will leave the data-driven media <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlet</a> as broader layoffs at <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> impact <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abc-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>.
Silver, whose presidential election forecasts earned him recognition over the past two decades, joins a growing number of media personalities who exited their positions this week, including Fox News host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> and CNN anchor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/don-lemon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don Lemon</a>. The statistician told employees in an internal message that he will leave Disney when his contract “soon” expires, according to a Tuesday <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/nate-silver-leaves-538-abc-news-disney-layoffs-1235401689/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Hollywood Reporter.
“We don’t yet know the scope of these layoffs, exactly who is impacted, or the terms under which they are departing, but it is going to be a hard day for all of us,” he informed staffers.
Silver launched FiveThirtyEight, a name derived from the number of presidential electors in the Electoral College, as a data aggregation and blog site in 2008, accurately predicting the outcome of 49 out of 50 states in the presidential election contest between Barack Obama and John McCain. He sold the site to ESPN, the sports outlet owned by Disney, in 2015; the site was later moved to ABC News, which Disney also controls.
FiveThirtyEight will operate without Silver for the first time in 15 years. A spokesperson for ABC News told the Hollywood Reporter that “this streamlined structure will allow us to be more closely aligned with our priorities for the 2024 election and beyond.”
“Disney layoffs have substantially impacted FiveThirtyEight. I am sad and disappointed to a degree that’s kind of hard to express right now,” Silver <a href="https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1650899579234140168" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a> on social media. “We’ve been at Disney almost 10 years. My contract is up soon and I expect that I’ll be leaving at the end of it. I had been worried about an outcome like this and so have had some great initial conversations about opportunities elsewhere.”
Disney CEO Bob Iger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-will-begin-mass-layoffs-this-week-ceo-announces" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> two months ago that the firm would dismiss 7,000 workers as part of a “strategic realignment” meant to reduce costs. Bloomberg recently <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-19/disney-is-poised-to-eliminate-thousands-of-jobs-next-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that many of the layoffs would occur this week and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-will-dismiss-large-chunk-of-entertainment-staffers-next-week-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impact</a> employees in the conglomerate’s entertainment, television, film, theme parks, and corporate divisions.
“For our employees who aren’t impacted, I want to acknowledge that there will no doubt be challenges ahead as we continue building the structures and functions that will enable us to be successful moving forward,” Iger informed staff members last month. “In tough moments, we must always do what is required to ensure Disney can continue delivering exceptional entertainment to audiences and guests around the world, now, and long into the future.”
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The exit of Silver comes one day after Fox News unexpectedly announced that Tucker Carlson, who dominated primetime ratings for cable television and served as a fixture on subscription video service Fox Nation, would “part ways” with the corporation. A source told The Daily Wire that his staff members were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-tucker-carlson-out-at-fox-news-channel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blindsided</a> by the news and only learned late Monday morning when members received an email from Carlson.
The news of his departure came one week after syndicated talk radio host and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-a-sad-day-dan-bongino-exits-fox-news-effective-immediately" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that he was leaving Fox News, citing a breakdown in contract negotiations, and on the same day that Don Lemon was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/misogynistic-sexist-pos-cnn-insiders-trash-don-lemon-after-hes-fired" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ousted</a> from CNN.

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Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News Channel, saw its stock fall by $1 billion minutes after news broke on Monday that the cable news channel had ousted its primetime star Tucker Carlson.
Shares of the company, which also owns other sports and entertainment television networks, dipped more than 5.4% following the news of Carlson leaving the organization, shrinking the company&#8217;s value by $1 billion. The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-jones-04-24-2023/card/fox-stock-slides-after-network-announces-tucker-carlson-departure-gcFA1zJh2Lnh6usfmXd0">reported</a> that the corporation&#8217;s shares ranked among the S&amp;P 500&#8217;s worst performers on Monday. However, as the closing bell rang on Monday, Fox shares were down just under 3%.
Matthew Tuttle, CEO and CIO of Tuttle Capital Management, told <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-24/tucker-carlson-s-fox-news-exit-wipes-out-690-million-in-value?leadSource=uverify%20wall">Bloomberg</a> that Carlson&#8217;s exit is &#8220;definitely going to leave a mark on Fox.&#8221; In the first quarter of 2023, &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221; ranked as the highest-rated program in cable news in the younger 25-54 demo, averaging 3.2 million viewers, 443,000 in the demo and 299,000 in the 18-49 category.
Other Fox News Channel shows ranking in the top five programs in cable news include &#8220;The Five&#8221; (3,058,000), &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime&#8221; (2,670,000), &#8220;Hannity&#8221; (2,505,000), and &#8220;Special Report with Bret Baier&#8221; (2,200,000).
Although Carlson&#8217;s future remains unclear, Tuttle and other investors purchased shares of Rumble, the Peter Thiel-backed conservative video network, and Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special-purpose acquisition company merging with Trump Media.
&#8220;Both stocks erased declines, with Rumble stock rallying as much as 3.9%, while Digital World gained 2.2%,&#8221; Bloomberg reported.
The news comes on the heels of Fox settling a bombshell defamation suit stemming from the 2020 election by paying Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million — narrowly avoiding a trial, at which Carlson would have been expected to testify.
Carlson&#8217;s departure also comes just a week after syndicated talk radio host and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino announced his departure from Fox News, citing a breakdown in contract negotiations.
Carlson has not publicly addressed his exit.

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Nine legacy media outlets filed a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.254080/gov.uscourts.dcd.254080.1.0.pdf">lawsuit</a> Wednesday against the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys&#8217; administrative office, demanding access to exclusive surveillance footage of the riot at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) released approximately 44,000 hours of security footage to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who produced segments showcasing an opposing narrative from legacy media outlets and the now-dissolved House Select Committee on the January 6 attack.
The media organizations, which include Advance Publications, The Associated Press, CNN, CBS, The E.W. Scripps Company, Gannett, Politico, Pro Publica, and The New York Times, are pressing McCarthy&#8217;s office for quick access to the videos through Freedom of Information Act requests.
&#8220;Plaintiffs have continued to press the Speaker&#8217;s Office for access to the videos as quickly as possible and on equal terms with other media requestors, only to be told that the Speaker&#8217;s Office will not even provide a timeline for when such access might begin,&#8221; the complaint states.
In a letter to congressional leadership last month reported by <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tucker-carlson-january-6-fox-news-capitol-police-chief-thomas-manger/">CBS</a>, attorney Charles Tobin said the media outlets are concerned that an &#8220;ideologically-based narrative&#8221; would take shape without full public access to the footage.
&#8220;Without full public access to the complete historical record, there is concern that an ideologically-based narrative of an already polarizing event will take hold in the public consciousness, with destabilizing risks to the legitimacy of Congress, the Capitol Police, and the various federal investigations and prosecutions of January 6 crimes,&#8221; wrote attorney Charles Tobin.
Carlson and his team received exclusive access to the footage as part of a deal made with McCarthy, who said he opted for the disclosure for the sake of transparency and to counter the &#8220;politicization&#8221; he said had been fostered by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the January 6 Committee.
&#8220;This is all about transparency,&#8221; McCarthy said when asked why he released the tapes. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s better for transparency that anyone can make their own decision up, and as we walk through these, there are many more hours of tapes than the January 6 committee told us.&#8221;
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According to the lawsuit, the media outlets claim federal authorities have yet to disseminate the footage, forcing them to ask a Washington, D.C. federal judge to comply with the requests.
&#8220;That denial of access is a stark change of pace for these Plaintiffs, as over the past two years they have diligently, cooperatively, and successfully pursued and obtained access to thousands of videos of the Capitol riot that have been used as evidence or otherwise become judicial records in more than a hundred cases in this District against those charged with organizing or participating in the riot,&#8221; the lawsuit states.
McCarthy assured reporters that Capitol Police were part of the process of sharing clips with Carlson&#8217;s team and security would be &#8220;taken care of.&#8221; Still, Capitol Police told The Hill that the agency requested &#8220;that any clips be shown to us first for a security review&#8221; but that so far, it had &#8220;only been given the ability to preview a single clip out of the multiple clips that aired.&#8221;

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